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- Andersson Arntén, Ann-Christine, 1954, et al.
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The impact of work-related stress on the sexual relation quality of the couple
- 2008
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Ingår i: Sexologies. - 1158-1360. ; 17, Supplement 1:0
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study is part of a research project including stress, coping-strategies, mood, partnership relation quality, and illhealth. Earlier findings tentatively suggest the health-promoting advantages of positive partnership relations in counteracting the illhealth accruing from various types of general stress and the particular stresses of work occupation. In this study two hundred and twelve participants derived from several different occupations, responded to questionnaires based upon self-report instruments including the Subjective Stress Experience Questionnaire, the Stress and Energy Scale, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Job Stress Survey, Partnership Relations Quality Test, and the Positive and Negative Affect Scale. Gender differences were found in levels of sexual desire and intercourse satisfaction, together with sexual pleasure and more orgasms. The results also indicated that illhealth induced less frequency of caressing, fewer orgasms during intercourse, lower level of intercourse satisfaction and sexual pleasure). Negative affect induced lower levels of intercourse satisfaction and sexual desire. Work related stress induced a lower level of intercourse satisfaction and sexual desire. On the other hand good coping-strategies were related to higher frequency of caressing, intimate communication, intercourse frequency, sexual pleasure, and intercourse satisfaction. Positive affect induced higher level of intercourse satisfaction, sexual pleasure, sexual desire, more orgasms, and greater satisfaction with the sexual life. These results indicate that stress, illhealth, and negative affect impairs a flourishing love life and that coping-strategies and positive affect on the other hand are positive factors for obtaining such a love life.
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- Arntén, Anne-Christine Andersson, et al.
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Influence of affective personality type and gender upon coping behavior, mood, and stress
- 2008
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Ingår i: Individual Differences Research. - 1541-745X. ; 6:3, s. 139-168
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Two studies investigated the association between affective personality and individuals' stress, mood, affective state and coping behavior. In Study I, involving 75 participants from different occupations, type of affective personality was influenced by individuals' expressions of positive affect (PA), negative affect (NA), anxiety, depression, dispositional optimism and energy. Female participants expressed higher levels of anxiety. In Study II, involving 139 participants from different occupations, type of affective personality was influenced by individuals' expressions of PA, NA, cognitive, emotional, physical, social and spiritual coping, dispositional optimism, anxiety and depression, stress, work stress and partnership relations. Female participants expressed higher levels of anxiety, stress and energy, emotional and spiritual coping, work stress, work burden and total work-related stress. Linear regression indicated that positive affect was predicted by dispositional optimism (Study I) and by coping resources, partnership relations and energy (Study II), whereas depression (Study I) and stress (Study II) were counter-predictive. Negative affect was predicted by stress (Study I and II), anxiety (Study I) and work stress (Study II), whereas dispositional optimism (Study I and II) was counter-predictive. These findings suggest the involvement of affective personality types and the contribution of gender in the expressions of stress, mood, affective state and coping behavior by working individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Individual Differences Research is the property of Individual Differences Research and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- Lundberg, Mari, 1969, et al.
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On what patients does the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia fit?
- 2009
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Ingår i: Physiotherapy theory and practice. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1532-5040 .- 0959-3985. ; 25:7, s. 495-506
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) has been used for a decade and is a valuable tool in researching pain-related fear. A variety of different factor models exist, however, and there are inconsistencies as to which model to use. The purpose of the study was twofold: 1) to thoroughly review existing factor models and 2) to empirically evaluate the previously proposed factor models in a large sample with persistent musculoskeletal pain. Subjects included 578 of 711 (81%) consecutive patients (aged 18-65 years) with persistent musculoskeletal pain from three different orthopedic outpatient clinics. We reviewed all existing factor models and performed confirmatory factor analyses on the existing models. Our review identified 11 factor models of the TSK. The identified models were tested on a large Swedish sample. All models were rejected because of unacceptable goodness-of-fit statistics in that specific sample. This study supports the fact that TSK is a multidimensional construct. Rather than searching for new factor solutions, future research should be devoted to forming a consensus for the conceptual and operational definitions of the construct kinesiophobia and the application of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia. Physiotherapists are encouraged to take part in building new theories.
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- Olaya-Contreras, Patricia, 1964, et al.
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Measurement invariance for gender and psychometric properties of the Depression, Anxiety and Positive Outlook Scale (DAPOS) in chronic musculoskeletal pain
- 2009
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Ingår i: European Journal of Pain. - : Blackwell Publishing Ltd. - 1532-2149. ; 13:S1
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background and Aims: The measure of psychological distress is of importance because pain-related anxiety and depression have predictive value in identifying disability in chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP). The main purpose of this study was to investigate the three-factor structure invariance of the DAPOS scale, across gender, at the orthopaedic settings. Methods and Patients: Patients with (CMP) 288 and 161 controls completed the new DAPOS-questionnaire. DAPOS was validated with the BDI and the STAI-S-T. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to test the multidimensionality of the theoretical construct of the DAPOS, using the maximum likelihood CFA. The model fit was established according to the overall c2 value, CMIN degrees of freedom, and CMIN/DF as with the goodness of fit statistics. To tests the invariant factorial structure of the DAPOS across gender, we employed the AMOS multi-group analyses. Results: The first-order CFA analyses indicated that the model met the specified criteria for goodness of fit (RMSEA = 0.049 CI = 0.034–0.064; CFI = 0.98; TLI = 0.978). The correlations for the latent variables, negative and positive, were all statistically significant (p < 0.001). We found invariance across gender for both levels. At the configural (RMSEA = 0.041 CI = 0.030–0.052; CFI = 0.986; TLI = 0.976), and at the metric level as well (RMSEA = 0.040 CI = 0.029–0.051; CFI = 0.970; TLI = 0.976. Conclusions: Our results show that the factor structure of DAPOS is stable in terms of test-retest and across gender validation. Conclusively, DAPOS is useful to screen distress in clinical pain settings showing equivalence in its structure across gender.
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